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Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

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<ul><li>News Corporation reported strong fiscal 2026 results marked by a continuation of revenue and profit growth across multiple core segments, reflecting its ongoing transformation into a predominantly digital-focused business.</li><li>The company recorded a fourth-quarter revenue increase of 11% to $2.3 billion and a 31% rise in total segment EBITDA to $423 million, representing its 12th consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth and 13th consecutive quarter of EBITDA growth on a continuing operations basis.</li><li>Full-year revenues rose 7% to $9 billion, while total segment EBITDA increased 15% to $1.6 billion, with margins expanding by 130 basis points to 18%.</li></ul>

News Corporation reported strong fiscal 2026 results marked by a continuation of revenue and profit growth across multiple core segments, reflecting its ongoing transformation into a predominantly digital-focused business.The company recorded a fourth-quarter revenue increase of 11% to $2.3 billion and a 31% rise in total segment EBITDA to $423 million, representing its 12th consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth and 13th consecutive quarter of EBITDA growth on a continuing operations basis.Full-year revenues rose 7% to $9 billion, while total segment EBITDA increased 15% to $1.6 billion, with margins expanding by 130 basis points to 18%.

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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/news-corp">News Corp</a> is successfully transitioning towards a more profitable, digitally-focused model, with Digital Real Estate Services and the Dow Jones segment now serving as the primary growth and profitability engines for the company.</li>
  <li>The company is poised for significant potential upside from artificial intelligence, actively pursuing and securing content licensing agreements with major technology platforms, which could create a substantial new revenue stream.</li>
  <li>While legacy media assets, particularly in the News Media segment, face structural headwinds and underperformance, the strength of the core digital businesses and strategic share buybacks are providing a strong foundation for future earnings growth and stock support.</li>
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News Corp is successfully transitioning towards a more profitable, digitally-focused model, with Digital Real Estate Services and the Dow Jones segment now serving as the primary growth and profitability engines for the company.
  The company is poised for significant potential upside from artificial intelligence, actively pursuing and securing content licensing agreements with major technology platforms, which could create a substantial new revenue stream.
  While legacy media assets, particularly in the News Media segment, face structural headwinds and underperformance, the strength of the core digital businesses and strategic share buybacks are providing a strong foundation for future earnings growth and stock support.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

<ul><li>News Corporation reported its Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 results, continuing a trend of consistent profitability growth with total revenues increasing 9% year-over-year to $2.2 billion and total segment EBITDA rising 18% to $343 million, representing a margin expansion from 14.4% to 15.7%.</li><li>Net income from continuing operations improved 13%, with both EPS and adjusted EPS showing notable increases.</li><li>The company highlighted its strategic focus on three core segments—Dow Jones, Digital Real Estate Services, and Book Publishing—all delivering double-digit profit growth, illustrating a successful portfolio repositioning amid challenging global economic conditions, including high interest rates and geopolitical tensions.</li></ul>

News Corporation reported its Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 results, continuing a trend of consistent profitability growth with total revenues increasing 9% year-over-year to $2.2 billion and total segment EBITDA rising 18% to $343 million, representing a margin expansion from 14.4% to 15.7%.Net income from continuing operations improved 13%, with both EPS and adjusted EPS showing notable increases.The company highlighted its strategic focus on three core segments—Dow Jones, Digital Real Estate Services, and Book Publishing—all delivering double-digit profit growth, illustrating a successful portfolio repositioning amid challenging global economic conditions, including high interest rates and geopolitical tensions.

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<ul><li>News Corp outperformed analysts' third quarter expectations, led by growth engines Digital Real Estate and Dow Jones.</li><li> News Corp&rsquo;s third quarter &lsquo;beat&rsquo; consensus, alongside early Q4 strength Growth engines Digital Real Estate and Dow Jones are delivering Upside from potential AI licensing deals Buybacks lend further share price support</li></ul>

News Corp outperformed analysts' third quarter expectations, led by growth engines Digital Real Estate and Dow Jones. News Corp&rsquo;s third quarter &lsquo;beat&rsquo; consensus, alongside early Q4 strength Growth engines Digital Real Estate and Dow Jones are delivering Upside from potential AI licensing deals Buybacks lend further share price support

News Corp En Route for Record FY26 Profit

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<li>The SP Select Sector indices are a family of 11 sector-specific indices derived from the SP 500 index based on GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) classifications.</li>
<li>Large flows in the Communication Services (XLC) Index are driven by a secondary re-weighting triggered after the March 2026 rebalance that we expect to be corrected in June.</li>
<li>Intra-Review changes are expected to trigger an additional US$2.8bn of one-way flows across the Select Sector indices if implemented before the June 2026 regular rebalance.</li>
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The SP Select Sector indices are a family of 11 sector-specific indices derived from the SP 500 index based on GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) classifications.
Large flows in the Communication Services (XLC) Index are driven by a secondary re-weighting triggered after the March 2026 rebalance that we expect to be corrected in June.
Intra-Review changes are expected to trigger an additional US$2.8bn of one-way flows across the Select Sector indices if implemented before the June 2026 regular rebalance.


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News Corporation operates in the publishing industry. The Company provides publications consisting of newspapers, magazines, books and promotional inserts.

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